61. A British engineer has designed a hybrid car that reduces emissions by combining diesel and steam power. 62. A month later, Gov. George Pataki of New York, a Republican, said he would order power plants in New York to greatly reduce smokestack emissions. 63. A multimillion-dollar advertising campaign by opponents contends developing countries would escape the rigors of reducing their emissions. 64. Alcoa officials had argued that the high cost of reducing sulfur emissions might force the plant to close. 65. Both the Clinton administration and the U.S. Senate, which must ratify any Kyoto deal, are insisting that all countries must play some role in reducing emissions. 66. Building a power plant would reduce emissions in several ways, officials say. 67. Bush also helped craft an electric-utility deregulation bill requiring older power plants to reduce emissions. 68. Bush preaches corporate responsibility when he asks companies operating the oldest industrial plants in the state to voluntarily upgrade their equipment and reduce their emissions. 69. But advocates are pressing industrial companies to reduce their emissions anyway. 70. But Altman and other environmentalists complain the policy is very weak, does not establish goals for reducing emissions and will not significantly cut pollution. |